Tag Archives: Orkney

The City and the Stars (9 – End) : The most peaceful place in the world ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The conclusion of the Silent Eye’s extended workshop to Orkney. A visit to the neighbouring island of Rousay. A sad disappointment and a wonderful surprise. (1300 words, a ten-minute read) (Above: a modern reconstruction of a Neolithic farmer felling a … Continue reading →

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The City and the Stars (5) – Structure 10: pyramid ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The more the Orkney archeologists uncover, the more it is certain that the settlement on the Ness of Brodgar was the hub of a dynamically influential and spiritual society, 5000 years ago… For example, what’s this pyramid…. yes, that’s right, … Continue reading →

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The City and the Stars (3) – The City on the Ness ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

A ten-minute journey from Stromness, on Orkney, lies an ‘isthmus’ which recent excavations have shown to contain one of the richest archeological concentrations in the world… It is nothing less than an ancient spiritual city, lost to time until the … Continue reading →

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The City and the Stars (1) – Skara Brae ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

With the Pictish Trail weekend a long car journey and a boat ride behind us, we had awakened in Stromness to the early morning of an overcast Orkney day – The excavated and intact Neolithic village of Skara Brae was … Continue reading →

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Bridges of Stone and Heart ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

A series of ‘betweens’ from the Silent Eye’s recent workshops in the Scottish Highlands and Orkney. {1400 words, a ten-minute read} (Above: the waters of Scapa Flow have not always been so calm…) Shortly after midnight on the 14th October, … Continue reading →

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Stromness by night ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Sue Vincent

A series of short ‘betweens’ from the Silent Eye’s ‘Pictish Trail’ and ‘Ancient Orkney’ workshops. We’re having an after dinner walk along the night streets of Stromness, Orkney’s main ferry port and link with Scotland. My wife and I have … Continue reading →

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The Old Men of Hoy ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

I remember the ferry poster. May 2018 and we were on our way to Orkney for the first time. Four of us had travelled by ScotRail up from Glasgow to Thurso, a few miles west of John O’ Groats, the … Continue reading →

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Orkney’s Neolithic village, Skara Brae ~ Deborah Jay

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Deborah Jay: Orkney’s most famous Neolithic site (and if you’ve been following my posts, you must by now realise there are a LOT of them), is the extremely well preserved stone age village SKARA BRAE From Wikipedia: “Consisting … Continue reading →

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Orkney – the Broch of Gurness ~ Deborah Jay

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Deborah Jay: During this strange phase of our lives, I plan to keep on sharing our tour of Orkney last year – so lovely to look at places we cannot currently visit. Swapping time periods again, next came … Continue reading →

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#Orkney – St Magnus Cathedral #Scotland ~ Deborah Jay

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Deborah Jay: After crawling into Neolithic tombs on the first morning of our Orkney holiday, the afternoon was time for a shift to a more recent historic site – St Magnus Cathedral. Of course, ‘recent’ is relative, if … Continue reading →

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